Chapter 8

At a glance, both men's expressions became extremely serious.

"The Beasts Pirates actually seized over a dozen Marine fortresses from us!"

Garp and Tsuru were quite shocked; had the Beasts Pirates gone mad?

"Not only did they raid the Marines, but they also plundered other pirates without hesitation, even including one of Bai Huzi's ships!"

Sengoku added.

Garp and Tsuru exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Kaido, the Beasts Pirates, what do they want?

The three Marine elders slowly digested their inner shock; Tsuru analyzed:

"Judging from the Beasts Pirates' actions, they are all after treasure. Could it be they intend to purchase some heavy weapons in the underworld?"

"That is possible." Garp interjected, "Those bastards in the underworld wouldn't hesitate to do anything; perhaps they have truly developed some weapon of mass destruction."

Sengoku, however, frowned and shook his head:

"It is all hearsay; without more intelligence, we cannot analyze Kaido's true purpose."

Wano Country is too closed off; their Marine spies simply cannot penetrate it.

"Then let this old one go to the New World."

Tsuru stood up and volunteered:

"Even if we cannot discover the Beasts Pirates' true purpose, we cannot allow the Marines to continue sacrificing themselves."

Sengoku hesitated little and agreed to Tsuru's request.

Although Garp's strength was greater than Tsuru's, Garp was careless and unsuited for this kind of intelligence-gathering work.

Tsuru possessed both intellect and considerable strength, making her the best candidate to be sent to the New World at this time.

"Then it will be hard work for you to make the trip, Little Tsuru."

Meanwhile.

On Onigashima, the Tobiroppo, having obtained the Oni-level Mysterious Creature Cells, were overjoyed and immediately wanted to eat them.

Luo Xing, however, stopped them.

"Eat them when we reach my father-in-law."

Whoopi, Fuga, and others thought this made sense; these were high-grade Mysterious Creature Cells invented by the Imperial Son-in-Law, so naturally, the effects should be shown to Big Boss Kaido and the others.

This was one aspect.

The other aspect was that the side effects of the Oni-level Mysterious Creature Cells were greater; if someone could not withstand them and went berserk, Kaido's presence would allow him to easily stop them.

Luo Xing, of course, would not tell Whoopi and the others this.

The group then headed to Kaido's palace.

Inside the palace, the Three Calamities were also present.

"Greetings, Imperial Son-in-Law!"

Heat Disaster Jack, Plague Disaster Queen, and Drought Disaster Jack greeted him enthusiastically.

Having invented the Mysterious Creature Cells, which doubled the strength of the Gifters army, Luo Xing's status within the Beasts Pirates had become increasingly transcendent; even the Three Calamities had to bow to him.

"My good son-in-law, is there something you need?"

The smile on Kaido's face was the brightest; his demeanor was such that he would have treated Luo Xing like his own son.

Luo Xing briefly explained the situation.

Hearing that his son-in-law had invented an even higher-grade Mysterious Creature Cell, the surprise and excitement in Kaido's eyes could no longer be expressed in words.

"To have such a fine son-in-law is better than a hundred thousand soldiers! Hahaha!"

Kaido's laughter was like thunder from the nine heavens, causing the entire Onigashima to tremble.

After laughing, he urged the Tobiroppo to quickly eat the Mysterious Creature Cells.

Whoopi, Ulti, and others complied.

Whoopi finished eating first, and Whoopi was also the first to undergo a change.

Cells on his body surface constantly proliferated and swelled; every single Mao Fa stood on end. Whoopi, who had been mentally prepared, merely let out a low grunt and did not scream loudly.

"Truly Once Was an elite CP9 spy, hailed as comparable to Luo Bu Rucci."

A strange light flashed in Luo Xing's eyes.

Speaking of which, Whoopi's fate was quite tragic.

Years ago, he was ordered by the World Government to escort the Rubber Fruit, but on the way, it was snatched away by Red-Haired Shanks; truly, he had met with terrible misfortune.

After being thrown into prison and then escaping, Whoopi had joined the Beasts Pirates without hesitation, hoping that one day he could take revenge on the World Government and Red-Haired Shanks.

Therefore, Whoopi desperately longed to become stronger and was the first among the Tobiroppo to dare to covet the position of a Top Commander.

Crack!

Suddenly, a crisp sound of bones shattering rang out, and a shocking scene appeared.

A pair of bloody red wings actually sprouted from Whoopi's back!

"What an astonishing transformation!"

Jack widened his eyes, trembling with awe.

Queen stood with his mouth open, extremely envious; he also wanted to eat Mysterious Creature Cells, wanted to become stronger and replace Jack's position.

Unfortunately, the Imperial Son-in-Law said it was not yet time for the Three Calamities to eat Mysterious Creature Cells.

Luo Xing's plan was for the Three Calamities to eat Dragon-level Mysterious Creature Cells.

"Roar!"

Whoopi suddenly let out a massive tiger roar; he had completed his evolution first!

Looking carefully, Fuz·Fu's body had now grown to twice its original size, his fangs sharper than ever, and the blood-red pair of wings sprouting from his back looked absolutely terrifying!

"Grrrrr!"

Immediately after,

Black Maria, Sasaki, Ulti, and the other Flying Six members completed their evolutions one by one.

9. Ancient Species evolves into Mythical Species! (Begging for flowers and evaluation votes)

Page One swallowed hard.

The powerful aura radiating from Fuz·Fu, his sister Ulti, and the other four made his heart pound with dread.

"Looks like I'm probably going to be the weakest of the Flying Six again."

Not yet twenty years old, Page One's strength had always been at the bottom of the Flying Six.

After eating Luo Xing's monster cells, he had leapt up to match Drought Jack blow for blow, briefly becoming the strongest of the Flying Six.

And now he was knocked right back to his original form.

It wasn't that Page One was weak—it was that, bolstered by Ghost-class monster cells, Fuz·Fu and the other four had become far too strong!

That ferocious aura made Jack, made Queen, made King all sense a tremendous threat.

Even Kaido's expression shifted, two great bell-like eyes shooting forth sharp light.

"This feeling of getting stronger—it's absolutely wonderful!"

A grin of pure exhilaration spread across Fuz·Fu's face, and his gaze suddenly swung toward King.

"King, I challenge you!"

He was actually directly challenging the strongest of the Three Calamities—Fire Calamity King!

"Fuz·Fu, don't get too cocky. If you want a fight, this big boss will keep you company!"

Drought Jack spoke up darkly.

He held great respect for big brother King—how could he tolerate Fuz·Fu's arrogance?

Hearing this, the look Fuz·Fu cast at Jack actually carried a hint of contempt.

"Lord Jack, you're strong, sure, but right now, I'm afraid you can't do anything to me. Because—you don't have wings."

Jack's words caught in his throat, his expression thoroughly annoyed.

The other wasn't wrong—with a pair of blood-red wings from his evolution, Fuz·Fu really was beyond his reach.

Among the Three Calamities, only Fire Calamity King possessed the ability to fly.

"I accept your challenge."

King drew a deep breath and agreed to Fuz·Fu's challenge.

He too was curious—just how strong was Fuz·Fu now, after eating the advanced monster cells invented by the Imperial Son-in-Law?

This, too, was the point Kaido was most concerned about.